Youth and Adult Mission Quarterly
1st quarter features the East-Central Africa Division
1st Quarter 2023

Reluctant Nurse
January 7, 2023
After being picked up, she was surprised when the car turned into the compound of the Adventist medical center.
Read MoreHole in Stomach
January 14, 2023
Marcel’s case was serious. The contents of his stomach might spill through the holes and case a deadly inflection.
Read MoreFiery Plane Crash
January 21, 2023
“The plane that your husband took crashed, and everyone died except your husband and the pilot.”
Read MorePrayer of Faith
January 28, 2023
“We have booked the tickets to Arusha but, as you know, we are strangers there,” he said. “How are we going to survive with no financial aid?’’
Read MoreGod’s Time
February 4, 2023
“Of course,” I replied. “We didn’t ask God to stop the rain at 3 p.m. We asked for 3:30 p.m., so you should have been sensitive about that.”
Read MoreLife-Altering Classes Part 1
February 11, 2023
After three months of a strict vegetarian diet, he saw no changes to his health.
Read MoreLife-Altering Classes Part 2
February 18, 2023
At first, Henry and Doreen didn’t speak about their religious differences. Doreen thought that Henry was an Adventist.
Read MorePastor or Politician?
February 25, 2023
But as a teen, he found himself at the crossroads of either becoming a pastor or a politician. It seemed that becoming a politician was the easier path.
Read MoreEscaping Controversy
March 4, 2023
They whispered that Mother had tried to poison him. Mother couldn’t bear the rumors and finally got a divorce, leaving Claude with Father.
Read MoreConstruction Saves Lives
March 11, 2023
“Can you imagine,” they told the workers, “this school of medicine is being built for future health leaders so they can bring souls to Christ.”
Read MoreSchool Built on Prayer
March 18, 2023
But that was just the beginning. The remaining challenges were many: fulfilling regulations, developing the curriculum, coordinating construction, and finding furniture, equipment, and faculty and staff.
Read More4th Quarter 2022

Finding Hope
October 1, 2022
Later that day, she passed the church again and saw the same man still holding the sign reading, “Back home.
Read MoreUnexpected TV Star
October 8, 2022
When Graeme tells his story, he explains how a history of workaholism led him into a 10-year alcohol addiction that eventually destroyed his marriage.
Read MoreThree Powerful Ingredients
October 15, 2022
Tracey, a single mother of five, was struggling with substance abuse when her mother, who had visited an Adventist church several years earlier, suggested that she watch Hope Channel.
Read MoreRobbed and Blessed
October 22, 2022
He said the fact that he did not notice the intruders during the robbery was a miracle. He has a weak heart after suffering a heart attack two years earlier.
Read MorePrayers, Plants, and a Pandemic
October 29, 2022
On payday, Emmy was bewildered. While everyone else received pay that Friday, she got nothing.
Read MoreFrom Coma to Christ
November 5, 2022
While Peter lay in the coma, his grandmother worried about his salvation and arranged for him to be baptized.
Read MoreSolomon the World Changer
November 12, 2022
“What did you hear that was new to you?” he asked.
Read MoreNo More Fear
November 19, 2022
The livelihoods of many relatives and friends were torn apart by a seemingly endless cycle of hatred, violence, quarrels over land rights, and other internal conflicts.
Read MoreSailor Comes Home
November 26, 2022
After growing up in two churches, Barry wasn’t sure what to think about God. His wife, Taufua, belonged to the same church as his father.
Read MoreHere Am I! Send Me
December 3, 2022
The ADRA director wanted him to begin work on the same day that he was scheduled to take an exam to qualify to preach for his religious denomination.
Read MoreGod Qualifies the Called
December 10, 2022
His parents, worried that he might die, decided to keep him at home when he left the hospital. That was the end of Frank’s education.
Read MoreA Praying Wife
December 17, 2022
He faithfully transported people every night for the first two weeks, but he never stayed to listen. During the final week, he decided to stay and listen.
Read MoreHeld Captive
December 24, 2022
The names of the abducted Fijian peacekeepers were not released immediately, and Salote wondered whether her son was alive and well.
Read MoreInfluential Juice Bar
December 31, 2022
Church members initially turned down the offer, not wanting to offer fruit juices in the same place as alcohol
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